map photo does not display properly

Werewolf

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I've just noticed that my menu photo is not displaying properly on other peoples screens. Its displaying like this (taken from my testing laptop):
2014-09-28_00001.jpg

when it should look like this:
1E1D5278C5B3B4C0D67CFEDFB4D6BA2D994B4EE4


For reference, this is the vmt file for it:
Code:
"UnlitGeneric"
{
	"$basetexture" "vgui\maps\menu_photos_dr_bank_v1"
	"$translucent" "1"
	"$ignorez" "1"
}
Is this correct, or have I done something wrong here? I followed THIS guide when making the files.
 

Werewolf

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You can see it correctly, meaning there can't be any problems with the files.
(You forgot "$vertexcolor" 1 btw)

I gues it got corrupted during packing. Load up the map without the files in the directories to test that theory.
No I can see it fine in the bottom pic because that was taken on the PC I made the map on. I Packed everything and copied the map over to my testing laptop, and got the top picture as a result.
 

Werewolf

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That's what Tumb means. It works fine on your end so it's poetically a packing issue. Have you tried repacking it to see if it does it again?
No not yet. I packed it before with BspZip using this code:
Code:
materials/vgui/maps/menu_photos_dr_bank_v1.vmt
C:\Users\Adam\Documents\Mapping\DR_Bank\To Pack\menu_photos_dr_bank_v1.vmt
materials/vgui/maps/menu_photos_dr_bank_v1.vtf
C:\Users\Adam\Documents\Mapping\DR_Bank\To Pack\menu_photos_dr_bank_v1.vtf
And yes I checked that the vmt points to the vtf
 

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I had the same issue before, what fixed it for me was a fresh export of the files from VTFedit without using the previously used filename and without renaming it after the new export.

This also fixed an issue where I updated a texture but saw the old one with the same name in the map.

TL;DR
Export your files again with a new unique name never used before.
 

Werewolf

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I had the same issue before, what fixed it for me was a fresh export of the files from VTFedit without using the previously used filename and without renaming it after the new export.

This also fixed an issue where I updated a texture but saw the old one with the same name in the map.

TL;DR
Export your files again with a new unique name never used before.
Right done this and got the same result again. However while building the cubemaps I noticed this in the console (in red)
Code:
CMaterial::PrecacheVars: error loading vmt file for vgui/maps/menu_photos_dr_bank_v2
 

Werewolf

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Werewolf [UK];314570 said:
However while building the cubemaps I noticed this in the console (in red)
Code:
CMaterial::PrecacheVars: error loading vmt file for vgui/maps/menu_photos_dr_bank_v2
I Googled this and the results aren't much help. I did notice however that the my vmt had backslashes in the path instead of forward ones, so tried swapping those around. Nothing.

Just to rule it out, could it be my laptop? It's my old Acer Aspire 5810T which has a clean install of TF2 on it - no custom content what so ever, making it ideal for testing both if files have been backed properly and how well any map runs on the equivalent of a toaster.
It runs TF2 with everything set to the lowest possible setting, with exception of the resolution, which I go one up from the base 640x480 to 800x600.
Yes I have validated the files on it just to be sure. It might not be the problem but it might be worth checking anyway.

Besides that, any other ideas anyone?